First off, why boxing?

This question couldn’t have been any easier. Boxing is a great workout, perhaps the most challenging of all sports. Requires speed, agility, finesse, power, endurance, and ultimate mental toughness. Boxing pushes you like no other, pitting the finest and highest level athletes against each other. It’s a sweet science but at the same time also a raw and brutal sport.

More importantly boxing takes you further than you ever thought possible. Boxing makes you more alive than ever, more humble in defeat, and most glorious in victory. Boxing reveals the true fighter deep inside every single one of us.

Eat Like A Boxer :

Standard Boxer Diet :

Boxers have to maintain a consistently healthy diet to perform to their highest potential. This is true for most athletes. If you have watched the movie classic “Rocky,” rest assured that it is not necessary to drink raw eggs. One of the differences between boxers and many other athletes is that they must also maintain weight their within a certain division in order to compete.  Heavyweight fighters are the exclusion, as they don’t typically have a top weight cap.

The three components that make up the majority of a standard boxer diet are:

1. Carbohydrates

2. Proteins

3. Fats

Take a look at your current diet. Are you getting enough protein? Maybe you are getting too much without enough carbohydrates to process it. Do you feel fatigued? Maybe you should add in some good fats.

Boxing Stance Ready to attack & defend.

• Front toe & back heel on the center line. Dominant hand in back (if you are right-handed, put the right hand in back).
• Weight evenly distributed across both legs, knees slightly bent.
• Feet diagonal, little wider than shoulder width apart, back heel raised.
• Elbows down, hands up.
• Head behind your gloves, chin slightly down, eyes see over the gloves.
• Relax and breathe!

*** Get used to returning to this position after all boxing movements!